• DOI:10.1111/j.1529-8019.2005.00033.x
Corpus ID: 31573591

Topical anti‐itch therapy

@article{Hercogov2005TopicalAT,
  title={Topical anti‐itch therapy},
  author={J. Hercogov{\'a}},
  journal={Dermatologic Therapy},
  year={2005},
  volume={18}
}

J. Hercogová

Published 2005

Medicine

Dermatologic Therapy

ABSTRACT:  Topical anti‐itch therapy could be causative (antiviral, antimycotic, and/or antiparasitic preparations) or symptomatic. Symptomatic therapy includes substituting some other sensation by cooling, heating, and/or counterirritation, by anesthesia of sensory nerve endings with local anesthetics, blocking mediators of pruritus (to deplete substance P or to block acetylcholine release), and reducing inflammation of the skin with corticosteroids or topical immunomodulators (pimecrolimus… CONTINUE READING

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